Paint Touches

Junior Cadougan – Give credit to Cadougan for looking last year’s debacle against Louisville (eight turnovers) in the eye and producing tonight. He finished with 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. The 1 assist-to-3 turnovers were an issue, however, but Marquette only assisted on nine field goals as a team. His defense (Eric Atkins […]

Pat Connaughton scored 18 points on six three-pointers and Jerian Grant added 17 points to lead No. 24 Notre Dame to a 73-65 win over No. 12 Marquette on Thursday night in the quarterfinals Big East Championships. Jamil Wilson scored 16 for the Golden Eagles in a losing effort, while Junior Cadougan added 14, and […]

For Marquette to advance to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament for the first time since 2010 it will have to overcome two obstacles: the nightmare that was last year’s loss to Louisville at Madison Square Garden, and Jack Cooley, who played just 15 minutes against the Golden Eagles two weeks ago because of […]

Marquette’s offense has had its struggles–it failed to top 60 points five different times-in 2012-’13, but it’s impossible to deny the team’s efficiency. KenPom ranks the Golden Eagles as the 16th most efficient offense (113.9), almost three points higher than last year’s group (110.9), which featured Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom running the show. Having […]

The general consensus was that, following the departure of Jae Crowder, the Marquette defense would have trouble matching last year’s numbers. And while according to KenPom.com, Marquette’s offense (No. 16) has outplayed its defense (No. 49) and its defense this season has been worse statistically than it was a year ago with Crowder (No. 14), […]